The AJMC® Skin Cancer compendium is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights about melanoma and other skin cancers.
April 15th 2024
Michael Farwell, MD, associate professor of radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, provides insights into a study on the benefits of using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT imaging to detect metabolic tumor changes in skin cancer.
Australian Study Finds General Practitioners Tend to Adhere to Guidelines When Treating Melanoma
April 27th 2022The finding is important because evidence suggests it is becoming more common for patients to receive care from a general practitioner for skin cancer, versus a surgeon or dermatologist.
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Dr Martin Dietrich Describes Need to Move Quickly With “Aggressive, Unpredictable” Melanoma
April 27th 2022Martin Dietrich, MD, PhD, of Florida Cancer Specialists spoke with The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®) on risk factors in melanoma, as well as the need for genomic testing and rapid action for a cancer that can progress very quickly.
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Personalized Dendritic Cell Vaccination Safe, but More Research Needed on Efficacy
October 21st 2021Autologous tumor lysate particle-loaded dendritic cell (TLPLDC) vaccination is well-tolerated in combination with other immunotherapies, but further research is needed to confirm its efficacy.
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Trial Confirms Clinical Activity of Trametinib Plus Dabrafenib in BRAF-V600–Mutant Melanoma
September 24th 2021The largest known prospective study of patients treated with trametinib plus dabrafenib for unresectable advanced melanoma with BRAF-V600 mutation confirmed the combination’s clinical activity.
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In BRAF-Mutated Advanced Melanoma, Range of First-line Choices Brings Hope, Questions
September 10th 2021Patients with BRAF-V600 mutated metastatic melanoma have new treatment options to consider, but scientists are still waiting on additional data to help choose which first-line treatments are best for which patients.
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